An ad hoc committee under the auspices of the Science and Technology for Sustainability (STS) Program will plan a workshop on issues related to sustainable materials and manufacturing for renewable energy technology development to 2030. The workshop event will feature invited presentations and discussion and will cover the following topics:

• An overview of the current state of innovations in materials, processes, and technologies for solar photovoltaic energy and concentrated solar power, wind energy, and energy storage systems across various sectors;
• Current and potential practices and processes for acquisition and processing of materials for use in solar, wind, and energy storage technologies, and their implications for addressing social, environmental, and other impacts;
• Social dimensions of material acquisition and processing to support renewable energy technology development;
• Possible approaches to the materials and manufacturing systems of the future, including knowledge gaps, critical research needs, and mechanisms for encouraging partnerships among key players.

A brief, rapporteur-authored proceedings of the event will be prepared by a designated rapporteur and distributed broadly to interested parties.